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- VBBS 6.12 Documentation -- 1-1
-
- .TOPIC:
- VBBS Installation
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- ║ CHAPTER ONE VBBS INSTALLATION ║
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
- See Also: Upgrading Existing Installations
- New VBBS Installations
-
- Initial installation of VBBS is quite straightforward. It
- is perhaps the easiest BBS software in the world to install!
-
-
- Before You Install VBBS
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-
- Before you install VBBS, you need to make sure you have
- copies of the following programs and that they are in a directory
- specified in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file's PATH statement:
-
- ∙ PKZIP and PKUNZIP archive programs
-
- --> IMPORTANT NOTE: VNet only uses version 1.10 of PKZip
- at this time. Make sure you have this
- version if you wish to participate in the
- VNet and other networks under VBBS.
-
- ▓▓ OS/2 VERSION : Please refer to the VBBS OS/2 installation
- instructions . VBBS - OS/2
-
- ∙ ZModem transfer protocol (usually named DSZxxxx.xxx)
-
- Other programs that would be useful in the day to day
- operations of your BBS might include:
-
- ∙ TheDraw 4.60 or later (for creating your own menus)
- ∙ ARJ 2.11 or later (an alternative archive program)
- ∙ DCOM 3.44 or later (DOS shell to speed file moving/copying)
-
-
- --> IMPORTANT NOTE: These programs are NOT supplied with the
- original VBBS archive; you have to get
- them on your own. Fortunately, many BBSes
- have them available for download.
-
- .TOPIC:
- New VBBS Installations
- New VBBS Installations
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-
- To install VBBS as a NEW installation, follow these in-
- structions:
-
- 1) Create a temporary directory on your hard drive and make it
- your current directory.
-
- 2) Using PKUNZIP, extract the contents of VBBS612.ZIP and
- V612DOCS.ZIP into the temporary directory.
-
- 3) Run INSTALL.EXE; when asked if this is a NEW installation,
- answer "yes".
-
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-
- 4) As the VCONFIG.EXE program is presented, verify the configu-
- ration, particularly in the MAIN configuration and -- MOST
- importantly -- in the CHANNEL configuration. All single-
- node VBBS installations use the same command line:
- BBS 1
-
- This names channel 1 as the primary channel. After this,
- you only need to correctly identify your modem port number
- and baud rate in the channel 1 configuration.
-
- .TOPIC:
- Upgrading Existing Installations
- Upgrading Existing Installations
- ════════════════════════════════
-
- --> IMPORTANT NOTE: VBBS 6.12 upgrades VBBS version 6.10 ONLY!
- Sysops of previous versions will need to
- either upgrade to version 6.00 prior to
- moving to version 6.12, or install 6.12 as
- NEW.
-
- To upgrade to version 6.12 from version 6.11, follow these
- instructions:
-
- 1) MAKE BACKUP COPIES of the following:
-
- a) files in your database directory (\VBBS\DB)
- b) files in your data directory (\VBBS\DATA)
- c) your .CFG files
-
- 2) Delete ALL occurrences of the file CONTROL.DAT from your sys-
- tem.
-
- 3) Move VBBS612.ZIP & V612DOCS.ZIP into a separate directory
- and unZIP them there.
-
- 4) Run the INSTALL.EXE program; when it asks if this is a NEW
- installation, respond "no", then name the correct path to
- your actual VBBS directory. Your .CFG files will NOT be
- overwritten.
-
- 5) Verify the settings in VCONFIG and change channel 1 in the
- CHANNEL configuration to reflect your modem port. Base and
- IRQ addresses are set automatically.
-
- --> IMPORTANT NOTE: The INSTALL.EXE program for version 6.12,
- when used to upgrade existing installa-
- tions, copies ONLY the new .EXE file to
- your VBBS directory. It does NOT over-
- write menus, script files, text files, or
- function blocks.
-
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-
- 6) Once INSTALL.EXE has finished, you may need to copy or manu-
- ally edit some files. Files to consider replacing or editing
- are noted in the 612_READ.ME! file. Some are:
- *.ANS *.ASC *.TXT *.PDM *.FB
-
- 7) After the upgrade to 6.12, you should go into VCONFIG to
- SORT your database configuration and COMPILE network info.
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